Abstract
This paper looks at the treatment of ideologically loaded items in monolingual learners’dictionaries of English, and issues in the lexicographical description of their meanings. It begins by considering non-denotative meaning and the question of evidence; then considers a selection of entries relating to ethnocentricity, gender and sexuality, and age. Entries are drawn mainly from the standard British big five; the 1948 edition of Hornby; and two crowd-sourced dictionaries.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the XVI EURALEX International Congress: The User in Focus |
| Editors | Andrea Abel, C Vettori, N Ralli |
| Place of Publication | Bolzano/Bozen |
| Publisher | EURALEX Proceedings |
| Pages | 85-105 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2014 |
| Event | XVI EURALEX International Congress: The User in Focus - Bolzano, Italy Duration: 15 Jul 2014 → 19 Jul 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | XVI EURALEX International Congress: The User in Focus |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Bolzano |
| Period | 15/07/14 → 19/07/14 |